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White Fang is a sequel and companion novel to The Call of Wild and in many ways a thematic mirror. Where the first book dealt with a domesticated dog embracing his wildness, here White Fang, a hybrid wolf-dog born, gradually overcomes the harsh “survival of the fittest” circumstances in the wilds of the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush and becomes domesticated. Much of the story is told from White Fang’s perspective. He is the only survivor in his litter of five; the others die from hunger. His father, One Eye, is killed trying to steal food from a lynx for the cub. His mother, Kiche, kills the lynx but is seriously injured. The two meet a Native American, Grey Beaver, who recognizes Kiche as his brother’s vagrant wolf dog and adopts the two, but White Fang is persecuted by the other dogs and his mother is sold off. He grows up a callous, savage, solitary, and deadly fighter. At age five a drunken Grey Beaver sells him to an evil dog-fighter, where he defeats all comers until he is nearly brought down by a bulldog. He is rescued by a rich, young gold-hunter, who slowly tames him and brings him home to California from the Yukon, where he performs a heroic feat and settles into a tranquil existence. The book was an immediate worldwide success on release in 1906 and has been popular ever since, especially with younger readers. It has been translated into 89 languages and often adapted for film and television.

The story begins before the wolf-dog hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team on a journey to deliver the coffin of Lord Alfred to a remote town named Fort McGurry in the higher area of the Yukon Territory. The men, Bill and Henry, are stalked by a large pack of starving wolves over the course of several days. Finally, after all of their dogs and Bill have been eaten, four more teams find Henry trying to escape from the wolves; the wolf pack scatters when they hear the large group of people coming.The story then follows the pack, which has been robbed of its last prey. When the pack finally brings down a moose, the famine is ended; they eventually split up, and the story now follows a she-wolf and her mate, One Eye. The she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five cubs by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye is killed by a lynx while trying to rob her den for food for the she-wolf and her cub; his mate later discovers his remains near the lynx's den. The surviving cub and the she-wolf are left to fend for themselves. Shortly afterward, the she-wolf kills all the lynx's kittens to feed her cub, prompting the lynx to track her down, and a vicious fight breaks out. The she-wolf eventually kills the lynx but suffers severe injury; the lynx carcass is devoured over a period of seven days as the she-wolf recovers from her injuries.

From the pen of Jack London comes a tale of a wild animal that chooses friendship with a human. Most creatures are born with some wildness and some tameness in them. In White Fang, who is half dog and half wolf, this contrast is stronger than most. As an orphan in the Yukon Territory wilderness, he must survive through strength and ferocity. But as he comes closer and closer to the world dominated by humans, will he be able to cope with increasing domestication? Is human civilization all that different than the wild world he leaves behind? Jack London became famous for his stories set in the often harsh world of Alaska and Northern Canada. White Fang is one of the best-loved of these tales.